Historic glass

Historic glass

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Artist Frank Grenier holds the crystal glass dish which he has engraved with a recreation of the Bayeux Tapestry in Glastonbury, England. The Bayeaux Tapestry engraving - which took six months to engrave and depicts the 58 panels of the tapestry with English description of each major event - is the highlight of Glastonbury Abbey's autumn exhibition, Reflections On Glass at the Abbey from October 5. The exhibition is particularly timely as new research, led by the University of Reading, revealed earlier this year that finds at the Abbey provide the earliest archaeological evidence for Anglo-Saxon glass-making in Britain.

Artist Frank Grenier holds the crystal glass dish which he has engraved with a recreation of the Bayeux Tapestry in Glastonbury, England. The Bayeaux Tapestry engraving - which took six months to engrave and depicts the 58 panels of the tapestry with English description of each major event - is the highlight of Glastonbury Abbey's autumn exhibition, Reflections On Glass at the Abbey from October 5. The exhibition is particularly timely as new research, led by the University of Reading, revealed earlier this year that finds at the Abbey provide the earliest archaeological evidence for Anglo-Saxon glass-making in Britain. (Getty Images)

Artist Frank Grenier holds the crystal glass dish which he has engraved with a recreation of the Bayeux Tapestry in Glastonbury, England. The Bayeaux Tapestry engraving - which took six months to engrave and depicts the 58 panels of the tapestry with English description of each major event - is the highlight of Glastonbury Abbey's autumn exhibition, Reflections On Glass at the Abbey from October 5. The exhibition is particularly timely as new research, led by the University of Reading, revealed earlier this year that finds at the Abbey provide the earliest archaeological evidence for Anglo-Saxon glass-making in Britain.Getty Images